Like A House On Fire
- Author Caroline Hulse
- Narrator Rachael Louise Miller
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 10 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Comic (humorous) crime and mystery, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Humour, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Satirical fiction and parodies, Separation and divorce: advice and issues.
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What to expect
'Joyously wicked... I loved it' RUTH JONES
'Warm, witty & brilliantly realised' DAILY MAIL
'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie' JOSIE SILVER
ALL STELLA AND GEORGE HAVE TO DO IS...
Hide their breakup
After a series of blazing rows about everything from Jurassic Park to installing car seats for their (hypothetical) children, Stella and George are getting divorced.
Catch a murderer*
But first, Stella's mum is throwing a murder mystery party - and with her dad losing his job and her mum's recent diagnosis, now is hardly the time to tell everyone.
Make it through one last family party
Stella and George just have to get through the day without their breakup being discovered - though it will soon turn out that keeping secrets runs in the family...
*pretend murderer
* * * * *
Praise for LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE:
'When it comes to personal relationships, Caroline Hulse dares to show us what we humans are really like. Her sparkling dialogue, astute observations and gloriously irreverent humour make Like A House On Fire a joyously wicked read that will cheer you up no end. A genuine tonic. So clever, so funny and so refreshingly different. I loved it' RUTH JONES
'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book' JOSIE SILVER
'Painfully astute and brilliantly funny' BETH O'LEARY
'A deliciously dark comedy of manners' DAILY EXPRESS
'Acutely observed... Very Nina Stibbe' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Funny and sad and relatable and deeply human' HARRIET TYCE
Critics Review
Caroline Hulse is a very funny writer and a wonderfully compassionate observer of human frailty
I SO enjoyed Like A House on Fire – Acutely observed and brilliantly funny. Very Nina Stibbe
I loved it – Funny and sad and relatable and deeply human. A big hat tip to the citing of We Need To Talk About Kevin, too
Absolutely loved Like A House on Fire. A proper delight
Witty, whip-smart and wincingly observant, pure entertainment from start to finish. A Caroline Hulse book is a reading highlight of my year
Sheer delight from start to finish
I could not put Like a House on Fire down. Funny, moving and astute. A triumph!
Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie, Like A House On Fire is everything I love in a book. A sharply observed study of relationships packed with subtle wit, I was hooked from page one. Bravo Caroline, what a triumph!
Painfully astute and brilliantly funny, Like A House On Fire is a triumph of a novel. I loved it
I loved Caroline Hulse’s first novel, The Adults, so much, and I love her second book EVEN MORE. Like A House On Fire is hilarious and brilliant and clever in that way only Caroline knows how to be. The story is so compelling, I couldn’t put it down, and the writing is so fresh and relatable. Highly, highly recommend!
A total joy from start to finish, Like A House on Fire is a treat to savour. Caroline’s perceptive, warm and witty characterisation brings this book to life – readers will all recognise (with affection) someone within its pages. I absolutely loved it and can’t wait to read Caroline’s next book
An engaging domestic drama with well-drawn characters.
Warm, witty & brilliantly realised.
A riveting read that shows the lengths people will go to to keep up appearances, this will reel you in and keep you hooked.
Hulse astutely taps into the underlying tensions of family life […]. A deliciously dark comedy of manners.
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